Kind

Press

“This production by Gabriella Carizzo and Frank Chartier is stunningly apocalyptic. It shows how even in the apparent idyll of a fairytale forest, human horrors of abuse and war can lurk. There is shooting, running away and singing – soprano singer Eurudike De Beul is wonderfully weird on a too-small child’s bicycle, performing a stirring Wagner aria that descends into bizarre wailing before a crumbling wall of rock.”       

NDR 1 “Kulturspiegel”, 3 September 2019

Preview Text

Power to the children! In “Kind” (Dutch/German: child), Peeping Tom, the festival favourites from Belgium, give the young generation a voice. Six virtuoso dancer/singer/actors conjure striking scenes evoking universal themes of childhood. Playing out childhood hopes, fears and fantasies and the eternal search for truth within an elaborate open-air stage set, they trigger a deep and dark firework of associations. This “child” was brought into the world by the choreographers Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier, who have been causing an international sensation with their company ever since its founding in 2000. With a flair for the quintessential and a subtle sense of humour, they create surreal worlds that open a window on to the unconscious. Following on from “Vader” under the aegis of Chartier and “Moeder” directed by Carrizo, “Kind” is the duo’s baby and the third part of the trilogy. It concludes the company’s adventurous voyage into the highs and lows of the microcosm that is family.

(Approx. 80 min.)

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cast & credits

Concept and direction: Gabriela Carrizo, Franck Chartier
Creation and performance: Eurudike De Beul, Marie Gyselbrecht,
Hun-Mok Jung, Brandon Lagaert, Yi-chun Liu,
Maria Carolina Vieira
Artistic assistance: Lulu Tikovsky
Sound composition: Raphaëlle Latini, Hjorvar Rognvaldsson,
Renaud Crols, Annalena Fröhlich, Fhun Gao,
Peeping Tom
Sound mixing: Yannick Willockx, Peeping Tom
Light design: Amber Vandenhoeck, Sinan Poffyn (intern),
Peeping Tom
Costumes: Lulu Tikovsky, Yi-chun Liu,
Nina Lopez Le Galliard (intern), Peeping Tom
Set design: Justine Bougerol, Peeping Tom
Set construction: KVS-atelier, Flora Facto, Peeping Tom
Props: Nina Lopez Le Galliard (intern),
Silvio Palomo (intern)
Technical direction: Filip Timmerman
Light engineer: Hadrien Lefaure
Sound engineer: Hjorvar Rognvaldsson
Tour manager: Lulu Tikovsky
Production manager: An Van der Donckt
Communication manager: Sébastien Parizel
Company manager: Veerle Mans
Distribution: Frans Brood Productions

Production: Peeping Tom

Production partners: KVS – Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg, Brussels/ Teatre Nacional de Catalunya - Grec Festival de Barcelona/ Theater im Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen

Co-production: Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg/ deSingel, Antwerp/ Théâtre de la Ville, Paris/ Maison des Arts de Créteil/ Maison de la Culture de Bourges/ Festival Aperto -Fondazione I Teatri, Reggio Emilia/ La Rose des Vents, Villeneuve d’Ascq/ Théâtre de Caen/ Gessnerallee Zurich/ Julidans, Amsterdam/ La Bâtie – Festival de Genève/ Le Manège, Maubeuge

With thanks to: Heloïse da Costa, Theater FroeFroe, Institut del Teatre, Jan Daems, Leen Mertens, Uma Victoria Chartier, Ina Peeters and all the extras: Farners, Eva, Elmo, Vera, Roger, Raisa, Mercè, Xefo, Amadeo, Rita, Gloria, Ariadne, Jonah, Sille, Leandro, Flo, Grace, Luke, Lucie, Cyril, Jill, Jan, An, Octavia, Germaine

With the support of the Flemish authorities and of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government.